Fred Wilson
Fred Wilson
Fred Wilsonis an American businessman, venture capitalist and blogger. Wilson is the co-founder of Union Square Ventures, a New York City-based venture capital firm with investments in Web 2.0 companies such as Twitter, Tumblr, Foursquare, Zynga, Kickstarter, and 10gen...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionBusinessman
Date of Birth20 August 1961
CountryUnited States of America
Fred Wilson quotes about
crazy thinking people
I think 'crazy' is a compliment. I think you make money with people who are crazy.
want profile newsworthy
I would like to reiterate that I don't want any profiles of me. I am not newsworthy.
kids google adults
Most adults I know start their Internet session at Google, and most kids I know start their Internet session at either Facebook or MySpace.
kids long skype
Skyping with your spouse works well enough, but apparently it is hard to get the kids to hang out on Skype for long.
equity raises expensive
Equity capital is expensive. Every time you do a raise, you dilute.
needs news links
Certainly anything that is news or opinion needs to be free on the Web, because the Web is this very fluid medium that is very much driven by links and the flow of visitors through a discussion via links.
mean ideas laughing
When I see people laughing at ideas and companies we have backed, I smile. It means we are going to make a lot of money on that investment.
littles
To see things differently requires you to be wired a little differently.
differences ceo hiring
There is a difference between hiring a CEO and turning over control of the business.
ideas entrepreneur world
The more entrepreneurs in the world that are getting their ideas financed, the more great companies there are going to be that we can all invest in.
country technology cities
The entire world is now a rival to Silicon Valley. No country, state, region, nor city has a lock on innovation in technology anymore.
jobs successful best-job
The companies that do the best job on managing a user's privacy will be the companies that ultimately are the most successful.
games playing-games social
Games are the most social of all things on the web.
team people building
Building product is not about having a large team to manage. It is about having a small team with the right people on it.